Georgetown is listless in rout by Yale at home
It wasn’t so much for poor play that Georgetown coach Dave Urick substituted for goalie Jack Davis on Saturday against Yale. It was out of sympathy.
Such was the afternoon for Davis, who had as many saves as goals allowed in the Hoyas’ listless 13-8 loss to Yale at Multi-Sport Field. After many of the tallies, Davis (13 saves) looked at his teammates with his palms raised. It was a day of few answers.
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With Yale (10-2) winning 16 of 25 faceoffs and his defense playing with little verve, Davis was under siege for 49 minutes before giving way to C.T. Fisher (two saves).
“I’m not sure Jack was at fault for many of those,” Urick said.
Led by senior Johnathan Falcone (13 saves) and sophomore Cole Yeager, who took all the faceoffs and entered with a .651 win percentage, Yale never trailed on its way to its fifth straight win.
With its third straight loss, Georgetown (5-7) is going in the opposite direction. The Hoyas need to win their last two games (Rutgers, Villanova) to avoid their first losing season in 22 years under Urick. After making the NCAA tournament 11 of the last 14 years, the Hoyas aren’t used to playing out the string.
“We do have to go forward,” Urick said. “I’m one of the few guys that was around when there weren’t any [postseason] tournaments. We just played. That’s pretty much what our situation is right now.”
The second period was decisive as Yale turned a 4-1 lead into 9-3 advantage, winning seven of eight faceoffs and getting consecutive goals from Brian Douglass (three goals), who scored one on a layup off a restart, getting little resistance from the Hoyas’ defense.
The Hoyas’ poor effort came after they fell at No. 2 Notre Dame 7-6 and to Loyola 6-5 in four overtimes.
“With no [chance for] the postseason, it makes it a little more tough,” defender Barney Ehrmann said. “But it’s still lacrosse. It’s still the game we love to play.”
